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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change
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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change

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the “residents of Bonaire were wrongly treated differently from residents of the European Netherlands.”

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

01/29/2026 By Foreign Policy in Focus

Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

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Central Asia
Mahoney:  New Leadership in Kyrgyzstan Fateful for US Bases in Central Asia

Mahoney: New Leadership in Kyrgyzstan Fateful for US Bases in Central Asia

Jon Mahoney writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Many readers of Informed Comment will be interested in the outcome of the presidential elections […]

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Syria Promises Response to Arab League Plan, Threatens 'Volcano' if Attacked

Syria Promises Response to Arab League Plan, Threatens ‘Volcano’ if Attacked

Syria said it would reply Monday to the proposal of the Arab League for ending the violence in that country. Aljazera has video. On Sunday, […]

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Ganann: Police raids and violence against activists are Un-American

Ganann: Police raids and violence against activists are Un-American

Gerald Ganann writes in a guest column for Informed Comment I opened my local newspaper one morning recently to find that the Occupy movement had […]

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Afghanistan
Kabul Bombing of US Bus Leaves 13 Dead

Kabul Bombing of US Bus Leaves 13 Dead

The Taliban claimed credit for a bombing of a bus in Kabul, which killed 13 US security personnel (apparently 5 US troops and 8 security […]

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Syria
Why a No-Fly Zone won’t Work in Syria

Why a No-Fly Zone won’t Work in Syria

Syrian troops fired into peaceful demonstrations in Hama and Homs on Friday. Repression of protests yesterday is estimated to have cost 40 lives. The BBC […]

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Justin Bieber on Sen. Klobuchar’s Criminalization of the Internet: She should be put away in Cuffs

Justin Bieber on Sen. Klobuchar’s Criminalization of the Internet: She should be put away in Cuffs

Justin Bieber went off on Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Friday, slamming her proposed legislation imposing criminal penalties for copyright violations on the internet and […]

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Political Pluralism breaks out in Tunisia

Political Pluralism breaks out in Tunisia

Tunisia’s election outcome gives 41% to the Muslim fundamentalist party Al-Nahda. One of the other two winners is the Rally for the Republic– of long-time […]

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Sefat: Top 10 ways OWS can Excel: Counsel from Iran’s Green Movement

Sefat: Top 10 ways OWS can Excel: Counsel from Iran’s Green Movement

Kusha Sefat writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Following the disputed Presidential election in Iran, our Western compatriots gave many suggestions on combating […]

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If American Land were Distributed the way American Wealth Is

If American Land were Distributed the way American Wealth Is

The Congressional Budget Office confirms that the top 1% has tripled its income since 1979, while the upper middle class has increased its wealth much […]

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